At dawn, in the small town of Palmaris South, three small gunboats were moored in the empty military port, and seven or eight fishing boats were scattered on the seashore in the seaside harbor.

After working for a while, the fisherman yawned and habitually skimmed the sea in front of him, only to see a small boat heading towards the shore on the misty sea.

The fishermen were a little puzzled, the warships in the harbor had been gone for five or six days, and the fishing boats that had gone out to sea to fish had not yet reached the time to leave, so how could there be ships returning now?

In order to judge whether he was dazzled, he stood up, rubbed his worried eyes, and looked at the sea in front of him with wide eyes.

The boat came downwind and sailed straight to the shore, and as the distance approached, the figure of the boat gradually reflected in the eyes of the fishermen, the boat grew bigger and bigger, and two Chinese soldiers with weapons appeared in the fisherman's sight on the towering sails, and behind the boat, forty or fifty large and small boats sailed on the sea, covering the passage into the port.

"The pirates are coming"

The fishermen were so frightened that they subconsciously shouted a word, and then jumped into the sea and swam towards the shore without caring about their fishing boats.

The small town of Palmaris do Sul, about fifty kilometres east of Porto Alegre, is a seaside post attached to Rio Gro do Sul that serves as an alert to Porto Alegre.

There is a naval base in the port of Palmares do South with a coastal patrol fleet of seven gunboats and a garrison of 300 men.

However, the current South Palmaris does not have so many troops, because the front of the war is tight, and the South Palmaris coast patrol team has been transferred more than half of the ships to carry out the mission.

Half of the soldiers of the garrison were also transferred to the front.

So now South Palmaris is the weakest time for the army.

Brazil has experienced little fighting since independence, and more than a decade after the uprising in Rio Gro Sul, the defenders of Palmaris do Sul, who had long lacked the experience of war, gradually loosened their defenses, so when they found a group of unidentified forces on the sea, they were ready to land.

In the center of the flotilla, Rollin Hill stood on the bow of the ship to observe the enemy's defensive configuration on the shore.

The port of Palmaris do Sul is located to the west of the town, and through the telescope, three gunboats can be seen lined up on the sea, and a small defensive battery is erected on each side of the harbor.

In the fortress on the east side of the port, a group of more than fifty soldiers was coming in the direction of the port.

The harbor battery was the only weapon that could pose a threat to the fleet, and it would take a lot of effort to prevent the fleet from landing, so the defenders had to bring in a small number of troops to guard the battery.

"Two batteries, three gunboats, a fortress, and no more than three hundred defenders."

Rollin Hill summed up the strength of the defenders of Palmaris South based on what was observed.

The enemy's defenders were obviously insufficient, and the Chinese fleet could sweep away the enemy as long as the landing was successful, but Luo Linshan was not a professional admiral after all, and before making a final decision, he asked the Prussian adviser Hans next to him.

After the Chinese fleet arrived off the coast of Brazil, the Prussian fleet completed the escort mission and separated from Luo Linshan and others, but before leaving, the Prussians, in accordance with the prior agreement with Li Mingyuan, left ten Prussian naval officers as advisers to the Chinese fleet to assist the Chinese fleet in the subsequent battle command.

Captain Hans was the highest-ranking member of the ten-member advisory group, and he also stayed by Rolling's side as the head of the advisory group, solving problems related to naval warfare for Rolling's mountain.

Luo Linshan's question was simple, whether the fleet could take out the defenders' batteries with minimal sacrifice.

In Luo Linshan's eyes, the two batteries were huge in size, and the black muzzles would pose a great threat to the attacking fleet, and if five or six ships were lost because of the attack on the batteries, it would be too much of a loss, so he hoped to get a breakthrough from Hans to conquer the batteries.

"General, you overestimate the power of the battery." Hans smiled and said, "You see, although the two batteries are huge, but the cannons obviously have a long age, I guess that these two batteries are probably the equipment left by the former Portuguese colonists, relying on two old guns to support the façade can also scare some pirates who have not seen the world, but the real war between the two sides, the role of the batteries is limited." ”

After Hans's explanation, Luo Linshan picked up the telescope again and looked at it, and sure enough, he found something strange, the two guns were rusty, and the muzzles of the guns were also some irregular.

"It's funny to have the Brazilians scare us with two antique guns, brothers, get ready, let them taste the power of our guns."

Seeing the reality of the two cannons, Luo Linshan felt relaxed for a while, and immediately issued an attack order.

After the order was given, the fleet sped forward, and on the right side a dozen small boats landed on the beach to block the connection between the defenders in the fortress and the harbor batteries, while the remaining ships, under the assistance and command of Prussian advisers, lined up to bombard the harbor batteries.

More than 30 warships opened fire one after another, and the waves stirred up made the command ship on which Luo Linshan was riding shake.

Luo Linshan held on to the bow mast and observed the battle ahead.

In the first test firing, most of the shells fired fell in the seawater, and the shells that fell on the shore did not cause damage to the battery, but the fierce artillery fire still hit the morale of the defenders of the battery, and more than 20 Brazilian soldiers carrying the shells lay on the ground under the blow of the shells and did not dare to move, for fear of being hit by the shells that did not have long eyes.

The first artillery bombardment was to correct the position of the port battery, and the blow to the enemy was only morale, but the real casualties were few, but the back was different, after roughly determining the position of the defender's battery, a shell roared as if it was not fatal,

"Boom" a shell hit the battery, the turret under the gun was blown out of a gap, the splashed earth and rocks scattered in all directions, and a dozen Brazilian soldiers standing on the battery bore the brunt, wounded by the rubble, lying on the ground and screaming in pain.

A shell hit the battery, instantly eliminating one-third of the combat effectiveness of the battery on the left side of the port, and the surviving battery soldiers became even more frightened.

After a round of test firing, the defenders of the battery began to fire back, but the two lone guns, even though they were powerful, did not pose a threat to the Chinese ships, and after several fires, most of the shells fell into the water, and only one shell was more fortunate enough to hit the mast of a warship behind the fleet, so that the battlefield was temporarily withdrawn from the battlefield.

The luck of the defenders was not good, just forced the Chinese fleet to withdraw from the battlefield, but they were hit by three shells in succession, two of the three shells hit the turret and did little damage to the artillery, and the other shell hit the gun body directly, and the huge impact force knocked the gun body out of an inclination, and even the shells in the gun body were also detonated, with a loud bang, the shells exploded in the gun body, and the entire battery was completely destroyed, and the soldiers on the battery were almost all overturned to the ground by the impact of the artillery self-explosion, and the battle began in less than ten minutes, One battery was destroyed, and the ensuing situation was even more unfavorable for the Brazilian defenders.

On the other side, more than 500 soldiers avoided the front of the fort and landed on the coast more than 400 meters away from the fort.

The sea was full of artillery fire, both the fort and the fortress were under the heavy care of the Chinese fleet, and on the coast, more and more soldiers landed, and the fortress and port were gradually surrounded by Chinese soldiers.

An hour later, the last battery was also destroyed by shells, and then the surviving soldiers raised white flags and, led by their respective commanders, walked out of the fort and batteries and surrendered to the Chinese troops.

The battle is over, but there is still a lot to be done in Luolin Mountain.

Count and arrange the captured Brazilian soldiers, move and unload the weapons and materials on the ship, receive the battle capture, and plan the next battle,

The specific and meticulous work occupied a lot of Luo Linshan's time, and he was busy until two or three o'clock in the afternoon, before he sorted out the various things to be done.

After working for most of the day, Luo Linshan finally had a little time to rest, just when he was about to lie down and sleep,

Hans came to his room.

"Captain Hans, do you have anything to do with me?"

The morning's events had been arranged, and Luo Linshan did not understand why Hans had come to him now.

"I'm sorry to disturb the General's rest, but I have important information to inform the General."

"Captain Hans, please"

"Among the captured Brazilian soldiers was an officer of German descent, who revealed to me the reason for the emptiness of Palmares do Sul."

Hans told the Rollingsan in detail what he had received from the captives of German descent.

"You're saying that the main forces of Porto Alegre have been transferred to Paraguay, and we can take advantage of this opportunity to eat the whole of Rio Grande do Sul in one fell swoop."

Luo Lin Mountain is thorough at one point.

"Yes, the forces of Rio Grande do Sul are mainly concentrated in Porto Alegre, and now the Brazilian side has transferred most of its troops to reinforce the Paraguayan front, resulting in a serious shortage of troops in the rear of Rio Grande do Sul, and we can take advantage of this opportunity to sweep Porto Alegre and bring the whole of Rio Grande do Sul under our rule."

The news brought by Hans was very tempting, and before the fleet set off, Li Mingyuan and Luo Linshan agreed that the Chinese fleet would occupy part of Rio Grande do Sul, and then wait until the main force had defeated the Brazilian army, and then cooperate with the main force to take the whole of Rio Grande do Sul.

The original plan was steady and feasible, but now an opportunity to win the entire Rio Grande do Sul was in front of Rollin Mountain, which made him unable to make up his mind for a while.

After thinking twice and verifying the feasibility of Hans's message, Luo Linshan made up his mind: "Just follow Captain Hans's suggestion, strive to completely annihilate the defenders of Porto Alegre, and then threaten the rear of the Brazilian army, and help the main force to win the war." ”

The decision to capture Rio Grande do Sul was also at risk of being attacked by the main Brazilian forces, and once the Brazilian side realized that the back road was cut off, it would definitely send a large number of troops to attack the headquarters of Lorraine, and the troops led by Lorraine would face a real test.

"General, you don't have to be so pessimistic, as long as all the defenders of Rio Gran do Sul are annihilated, it will take half a month for the Brazilian coalition to discover the abnormality at the earliest, I think half a month later, the main force of your army will also fight with the Brazilian coalition army, and the main forces of the two sides will fight, even if the Brazilian coalition army can send troops to open up the back road, the number will not be too much, so General Luo does not have to worry too much."

Hans saw Rollinshan's concerns and explained.

"Prepare for defeat before victory, and prepare for the worst when the war begins."

Luo Linshan proceeds from the overall situation, to consider the various possibilities after the war, so there are more aspects to consider, but what Hans said is also reasonable, as long as the battle goes smoothly, the army of Rio Grande del Sul will be annihilated, and the Chinese troops will gain a more advantageous position in the next Armageddon.

Palmaris do Sul was not far from Porto Alegre, and the battle in Palmaris Sul would soon reach the defenders of Porto Alegre, so Rollin Hill gave up his rest and summoned his main generals to announce the battle deployment.

Before departure, the total number of ships was 20,000, 10,000 combatants, and after the loss of 2,000 at sea, the total number of Chinese was less than 18,000, of which nearly 10,000 could take part in the battle.

10,000 people have an absolute advantage in the face of the remaining Brazilian army, but the Chinese troops not only have to annihilate the remaining Brazilian army, but also occupy 281,000 square kilometers of Rio Gro Sul, which is equivalent to the area of two provinces on the mainland, and only 10,000 people occupy the strength is a bit insufficient.

The sailors and a part of the infantry rushed to Port Alegre by water on the captured gunboats and two steam merchant ships in the flotilla to block the defenders' retreat by sea, and the other route was led by Luo Linshan himself, and went straight to Port Alegre by land.

New battle orders were communicated to every unit that landed, and the soldiers on the coast, who had not yet had time to repair, set out again, pack horses, ships, and mighty troops left Palmaris South to continue the unfinished journey.